My kids love and devour Hormel Pepperonis so I thought why thought throw a party out of it? This party has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. As always, thank you for supporting this blog! #PepItUp #CollectiveBias

I don’t know about you, but by the time my daughter comes home from school, she is always hungry and asks for a snack. It’s such a awkward time at 3:30 in the afternoon when you’re just a few hours away from dinner time so you don’t want your child to eat a hefty meal and not be hungry for dinner, but you don’t want to give her something little that won’t satisfy her for a few hours. So I made a quick and easy pizza pocket and zucchini pizzas and they were so perfect for her and her friends after school! These two recipes were perfect because not only are they filling but not hefty, but they are super easy and fast and who wants to cook a meal before making the real meal which is dinner? Not me!

My daughter was so excited to help me decorate for the party and came up with the designs herself! She also decorated the table with sea shells and blue and green rocks, treasure chest and her mermaids to give it a “Under the Sea” feel to the party. I think she did a wonderful job decorating it, don’t you think? I made the flowers using the crepe paper on a white paper plate. I glued the first layer of crepe paper and pressed down to the glue as I ruffled the paper, in a round circle until all the white paper area was filled.

Instructions:

2. Spread 1 tablespoon pizza sauce on half of each rectangle to within 1 inch of edge. Sprinkle each with 3 tablespoons cheese; top with 6 slices pepperoni. Fold dough from the top over filling; firmly press edges with fork to seal. Sprinkle each rectangle with 1/4 teaspoon grated cheese. With fork, prick top of each to allow steam to escape.

My kids and their friends had so much fun at a Disney Princess Easter Party I threw last week This party has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, and all opinions are my own. As always, thank you for supporting this blog of mine! #DisneyEaster #CollectiveBias

To prepare for this party, I went to Wal Mart to buy all the supplies for decorations, like the Disney Princess plush Easter basket, the Princess design tablecloth I used as a backdrop, pink/white polka dot paper straws and bunch of toys to stuff in the Easter eggs(Princess favors, Cadbury eggs, Starbursts, mint candies).

My daughter was so excited to help me stuff all these cool Princess themed toys inside the Easter eggs!

After the kids ate their snacks, we made a Easter egg rice krispies(recipe below) and went on a Easter egg hunt! Throwing Easter egg hunts in my home is our family tradition we do every year. I love throwing private Easter egg hunt parties because the public ones are always so crowded and some kids get so competitive, but more so the parents of the kids! Every year I see the moms and dads running around the egg hunt grabbing everything they could see and stuffing it inside their kid’s egg baskets. And happily looking at what their child got and how full the basket is while some of the other kids are walking around with just a few eggs and crying because they didn’t get so many. That just boggles my mind. We do go on as many public egg hunts as possible, but I make sure my kids go around and look for any kids that are sad or crying and share their eggs. And I certainly don’t help stuffing their egg baskets, of course. So the private ones that I personally throw are nice because there’s not as many kids and every kid gets a fair share. After the egg hunt, all the kids sat and opened their eggs and traded toys so they all had at least one kind of each toy. I wrapped up the treats in a Princess party bag and everyone went home happy!

How do you feel about public Easter egg hunts? Do you participate in them or no and why? They sure can get crazy!

Easter Egg Rice Krispies

Ingredients:

rice krispies

a plastic egg

treats to put inside the egg

Directions:

1. Make rice krispies as usual. Put a chunk of rice krispies inside the egg and with your fingers press down to the sides of the eggs(mine was about 1/2″ thickness).

2. Put treats inside the egg and close the egg.

2. Let the rice krispies harden for 20 mins.

3. Open up the egg and there you have a Easter egg made out of rice krispies!

For Ana’s 6th birthday party, I thought it’d be cool to throw a Big Hero 6 birthday party and call it the Big Hero Ana 6 Party instead! I just loved throwing this party. This post has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. As always, all opinions are mine alone. #BigHero6Release #CollectiveBias

my kids love this Baymax toy! It talks and the stomach lights up like a projecter screen. do you like how my girl even made him a little crown for the party? see all the other cute Big Hero 6 toy options at Walmart.

I was able to purchase most of the food, party supplies & the Big Hero 6 DVD/Blu-Ray at Walmart, included with the purchase of the Big Hero 6 Blu-Ray/DVD + Gift is the digital movie on Vudu while supplies last! Simply scan your receipt using the Savings Catcher in the Walmart app. Then look for a message on your phone or email. Now you can watch Big Hero 6 on any device.

My girl Ana told me this party was her favorite birthday party I’ve thrown for her yet! We started the party with watching Big Hero 6 as we waited for all the guests to arrive. We then ate delicious foods such as Aunt Cass’s chicken wings, Honey Lemon drink, Wasabi peas, Baymax cupcakes, and more. After we ate, we learned how to draw Baymax and all the kids did a pretty good job! We then made Honey Lemon’s chemistry concoction, oobleck which is corn starch, water & food coloring. This was the kids’s favorite thing, one kid even yelled out, “Today is the funnest day of my life!” It was a huge hit. We finished the party with eating cheesecake which is Ana’s favorite dessert, then opened presents.

My oldest girl’s favorite sweets is OREOS. She wanted to be an OREO this past Halloween but I didn’t let her, so she settled for an all OREO desserts at her birthday party. She really is a #1 fan so I was so excited to throw this OREO party sponsored by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser! As always, all opinions and writings are my own. #OREOCookieBalls #CollectiveBias

We got the 3 ingredients to make the Cookie Balls at Wal Mart and if you don’t follow my Instagram, you need to see this video. My daughter loves OREOS and every time we go grocery shopping and she sees the OREOS, she screams super loud and runs to the OREOS and grabs one and hugs it tight while asking, “Mommy, can we buy one? Can we buy one pleeeeeease?” It is pretty darn funny and cute. She knew I’d be filming so she got a little shy and wasn’t as dramatic as she usually is when it’s unplanned, if you could believe it. 🙂 So my girls were so excited to invite their best friends over to the OREO football party. They helped me decorate and make the Cookie Balls too.

My girls’ friends came over and after eating OREO football themed foods such as “OREO” grilled cheese(dark rye bread with mozzarella cheese), “OREO” chips & cheese(black bean chips & provolone cheese), fresh cucumbers w/ ranch, sliced apples, OREO football Cookie Balls, fudge dipped OREO cookie, popcorn & milk. After eating, they decorated a football-shaped sugar cookie with chocolate frosting and white chocolate frosting. Then we played various games such as sliding down the stairs with a baby mattress, do you love your neighbor and duck duck goose. Everyone took home some Cookie Balls and the football cookie they decorated. The party turned out great and everyone had a fun time!

Here’s the OREO Cookie Balls recipe if you want to make it, the original recipe only requires 3 ingredients and it is delicious! The Cookie Balls turned out so good and it was the most popular treat at the party! At least 3 kids from the party asked me politely if they could take some home to share with their siblings/family so I made sure they all took several home to share. It’s also the cutest thing seeing them wanting to take it home to share with their siblings, Adi and Ana do that all the time and it’s just so sweet to see them take care of each other and care for each other. Even my husband who doesn’t say something is good very often told me the Cookie Balls were pretty good and ate many. I will for sure make it many times in the future.

*CUSTOMIZE it with your own ingredient additions or decorative skills.
I shaped the cake ball into a football shape before dipping it in chocolate and then with melted white chocolate added the football design to it.REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm.

This Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory party is hosted by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are my own. #HolidayMadeSimple #CollectiveBias

I love throwing parties and entertaining my loved ones. I love the challenge it gives me in being creative and making something look pretty. We used to throw birthday parties for our kids every other year for our two girls where they could invite their friends, and the other years it was just a small family celebration. But last year we decided we would throw them birthday parties every year while they’re at the age where they enjoy it so so much. The girls talk about it all year long and I make sure they do extra chores to earn it, especially on the month of their birthday. They don’t get presents from us for their birthday, but the party is their present since they get many presents from their friends. With my 3rd child, I don’t plan on throwing him a party until he’s at least 4 years old, when he actually knows what’s going on and can invite his own friends instead of me inviting basically my friends. Then I’ll throw him a party every year until he’s about 10 so that evens out to about every other year anyway. I have a budget of $100 for each birthday I throw and almost all the parties I’ve thrown except for one has exceeded the limit.

This Willy Wonka party I threw was a little difficult to plan and execute, because I didn’t realize trying to plan and decorate and cook while tending to a 16 month old would be so difficult! This age is the hardest for me when they don’t really understand or talk or be able to negotiate so he’s ripped the table cloth with his nails, messed up the candy cane chocolate suckers I made, and let’s just say I did all of the party while holding him or having him sit on my lap. But this is also my favorite stage where every new word they say is the cutest thing you’ve ever heard and the way they say pronounce everything just twists my heart around. Yes, it’s so worth being a mother to 16 month olds! And isn’t a party with plethora of candy a every kid’s dream? #HolidayMadeSimple #CollectiveBias

**The invitation to the party: a Wonka bar and a golden ticket to the party!**

**holding his favorite things: the candy-cane lollipop, a race car and a lizard.

The party was a huge success and the Carnation famous fudge and the Wonka Sweet Tarts candy canes treats were so easy to make and was the biggest hit at the party. The kids went wild for the lollipops and two of my girlfriends told me the fudge was the best fudge they’ve ever had!

**I purchased the fudge kit and the candy canes at Wal Mart, along with all the other party supply foods, and also grocery foods for my household for the week. I love that I can pretty much get whatever I need at Wal Mart, I even bought some lining for a skirt I’m making!**

**I made the fudge as instructed and before putting it in the refrigerator, I sprinkled sea salt & topped it with a pretzel. Like I mentioned above, two guests told me that it was the best fudge they’ve ever had. The Nestle Carnation Famous Fudge Kit has everything you need to make the fudge including the marshmallows, a little can of evaporated milk, a bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips and sugar. It makes over 1 1/2 lbs. of fudge per batch.**

**These colorful Wonka Sweetarts Candy Canes come in 3 fruity and tangy flavors, including Blue Punch, Green Apple and Cherry. I made this colorful heart-shaped candy cane lollipop by breaking off the ends of the candy cane and placing the two candy canes in a heart shape on a wax paper, then filled the middle with melted semi-sweet chocolate and added sprinkles. Let it harden and then gently lift it off holding the stick slowly. So simple and easy! I got the rainbow popsicle sticks at Wal Mart too. To find out more of the products offered, or more recipes, visit www.walmart.com/nestle and www.flavorfulmoments.net.

I got the golden ticket printable & and the chocolate bar wrapper here, and the caution sign here.

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